I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

I think that men need to have a little bit of manism. You have feminism. I don't have a problem with that.

I think L.A. radio is learning from the Bay. The Bay is a very classic place. Mac Mall, C-Bo, all that stuff, they love their artists, they're old school up there. My first big concert was playing in the Bay; I played the Fillmore.

A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself.

Creativity is not talent but attitude.

Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and not everyone is going to be an entrepreneur, but women who turn to business, turn to economics, because there are people depending on them, I think that their creativity, their resilience, their spirit, embody what's best about entrepreneurship.

I can't imagine ever writing anything of any kind on a machine. I never tried to write either poetry or prose on a typewriter. I like to do it on useless paper, scrap paper, because it's of no importance.